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How to Connect a Laptop or Personal Computer to TV – Part 2 – S Video – HDMI

This shows how to connect a laptop to the tv with an S video cable and HDMI connection.
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25 Responses to "How to Connect a Laptop or Personal Computer to TV – Part 2 – S Video – HDMI"

tjw1963 says:

August 27, 2010 at 11:29 pm

@like2bike85 Check your TV manual to figure out how to change the display. If you don’t have your booklet, you should be able to find it on the company website. Sometimes it may be the computer settings and you will need to change the display options so it fits the screen.
like2bike85 says:

August 28, 2010 at 12:00 am

hey I have a an hp laptop with hdmi port and Lg HDTV with hdmi port I plugged the hdmi cable from laptop to tv and the display comes on and what not but the screen on the tv isn’t full size. I have settings on duplicate for display as well.On TV, the screen is centralized and surrounded by a black frame?Any way to make tv full screen like laptop? THX
like2bike85 says:

August 28, 2010 at 12:24 am

hey I have a an hp laptop with hdmi port and Lg HDTV with hdmi port I plugged the hdmi cable from laptop to tv and the display comes on and what not but the screen on the tv isn’t full size. I have settings on duplicate for display as well.On TV, the screen is centralized and surrounded by a black frame?Any way to make tv full screen like laptop? THX
tjw1963 says:

August 28, 2010 at 12:30 am

@TheKingjustin92 The only way you will know is to try it. If you purchase special cables, save your receipt on the chance that it may not work. This will not work with all analog TV’s. It should work with the new flat panel TV’s.
TheKingjustin92 says:

August 28, 2010 at 12:50 am

i have a acer laptop and jvc tv would my s-vid work
nolabush25 says:

August 28, 2010 at 1:05 am

@hunnybakedgoodness i *think* you could try a 7 prong s video with the rca inputs (yellow red white) on the other end.. atleast that is what i’m going to try myself asap..
nolabush25 says:

August 28, 2010 at 2:03 am

you are so nice!
collercoper says:

August 28, 2010 at 2:13 am

Oh how I love Dell.
bHaGvAnJi says:

August 28, 2010 at 2:53 am

Hey!.. can you pls post the details and brand of your s-video cable!
tjw1963 says:

August 28, 2010 at 3:32 am

@hunnybakedgoodness There are so many different types of connections, that you will have to research to see if one has been made for what you have available.
hunnybakedgoodness says:

August 28, 2010 at 3:43 am

i have a laptop with a s video port with a 7 prong out put and a tv with a 4 prong out put and the the s video cable is 4 prong would it still work? or am i fucked?
tjw1963 says:

August 28, 2010 at 4:06 am

@herdelspace You are welcome.
herdelspace says:

August 28, 2010 at 4:44 am

Thank you very much for your presentation.
tjw1963 says:

August 28, 2010 at 4:50 am

@blackknight509 Thank you. My new laptop has Windows 7. I still have Vista on my older desktop but I have never had any problems with it.
blackknight509 says:

August 28, 2010 at 5:20 am

Good tutorial.

-But Vista sucks! hope you have windows 7 by now. or XP. even Linux is good.
tjw1963 says:

August 28, 2010 at 6:00 am

@yotcral66 The computer may not always automatically pick up the TV. If they are analog TV’s, they may not work.

You will have additional settings available in the graphics properties when you have a live connection
yotcral66 says:

August 28, 2010 at 6:21 am

But when I first tried this before I saw your video, my laptop never picked up my Phillips or Emerson TV. Should I preset my Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop to something?
yotcral66 says:

August 28, 2010 at 7:19 am

I have been following you with knitting, I just stumbled across this and you’re doing this also. You are great!! You make everything so very easy. Even better I’m using the same type laptop you are. Keep up the excellent work.
alpena1wheeler says:

August 28, 2010 at 7:22 am

@tjw1963 alright thank you very much!
tjw1963 says:

August 28, 2010 at 8:19 am

@alpena1wheeler The S-video will be all you need for a video connection. Sound does not come through the S-video so you will need to connect with some computer speaker or the sound will be from the laptop speakers.
alpena1wheeler says:

August 28, 2010 at 8:29 am

confused.
im gunna buy the s-video cable… what else do i need?
tjw1963 says:

August 28, 2010 at 8:30 am

@the1phoenix123 You are welcome.
the1phoenix123 says:

August 28, 2010 at 9:21 am

This is really helpful. Thank you.
infinigt1 says:

August 28, 2010 at 9:26 am

wow 38°C
coolmanhalo says:

August 28, 2010 at 9:43 am

hey i need some help….. my computer doesn’t show the option to transfer sound thru my hdmi connection to the tv what do i do ??